To honor the memory of the iconic PBS painter (and his happy little trees), Twitch secured the rights to The Joy of Painting, and will air all 403 episodes online, starting today.

The new community was inspired by the growing number of users who were sharing fan art on the original Twitch platform during gameplay downtime. According to Bill Morrier, head of Twitch Creative, the frequent exhibits attracted more broadcasters whose primary focus is on art.

"With their passion, variety, camaraderies, and sheer organic growth, they inspired us to put a much larger spotlight on their community," Morrier said.

Visit Twitch Creative, and you'll see the familiar directory and carousel—highlighting the most interesting content. Unique to this category, however, is the ability to add hashtags to broadcast titles, making it easier and more intuitive for viewers to browse and discover channels based on personal interests.

The site isn't just limited to Bob Ross-like landscape paintings. It already boasts work from diverse individuals like digital painter and illustrator Geers_Art, profession prop and costume maker EvilFX, music composer SceneOfActionMusic, and glass maker Vieparlafoi.

"Creativity belongs to everyone," Mark Randall, vice president of creativity at Adobe, said in a statement.

Stephanie began as a PCMag reporter in May 2012. She moved to New York City from Frederick, Md., where she worked for four years as a multimedia reporter at the second-largest daily newspaper in Maryland. She interned at Baltimore magazine and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (in the town of Indiana, in the state of Pennsylvania) with a degree in journalism and mass communications.
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